Seed · AI

Shunwei leads MetaCircle Seed round

Shunwei Capital led MetaCircle’s Seed financing, announced on October 15 alongside a subsequent Seed+ round. Shanghai Future Industry Fund, Xinglian Capital and Junli Capital also participated in the Seed round.

Shunwei Capital led MetaCircle’s Seed financing, announced on October 15 alongside a subsequent Seed+ round. Shanghai Future Industry Fund, Xinglian Capital and Junli Capital also participated in the Seed round.

The company is developing meta-models that design and evaluate other AI models. Funding supports algorithm research, product exploration, hiring and benchmarks. It disclosed several hundred million renminbi across both rounds without specifying either round’s individual amount.

Use of funds

Meta-model algorithms

Product exploration

Team expansion

Research benchmarks

Funding history

Seed · This roundUndisclosed

Sources

  1. Hike Capital: MetaCircle financinghikecapital.com · Oct 15, 2026
  2. 拿下两轮数亿元融资,清华博导刘子鸣要造能自己设计模型的「元模型」36kr.com · Oct 16, 2026